Telegram-herald., 1887-11-27
ON THE HAUNTED OCEAN.

What Srpsrstiglous saRors cf FORMER
csntsrIes Saw when Ter frana Lznc-
Bat much of what old ocean has II ro-
nRnce ~ is h.siorf ,ic, iu tlls ancient -
ports OF Us woncers ard ip thc interpret
ton Of its legieo characters bF the cAia-
ike vision I fhc sauisheo sbipman. SAYS
W. AK Russell Ora l1ongmans 4afsziul
Remove those f8riunSte islancf those
blessed ISLANDS. and those Islands haunted
by demon women walling for The
lovers" strike Oul from the annals hos
fables. FAINT with = strange light. oi ycn.
tlTesOn-e marine saints. or marfr.i1i..
black-eyed. hook nosed nsfineefes. ard
/ am afraid that what else oi huUaa
poetry remains must h. soUgli Ia tic
ships fOrecastie The very sb - ibey saw.
sporting in the ycal ever thc side. vert
Is astonishing 81 TIC Islands they passed.
Along al the COAST. wfoie Air. Thomas
Stevens. we oiie8tifles saw tllrg
swimming uu0n ihe wafer IKE . cock 3
combe (Which they call q nip a. Guinea
but the colour much faifcr. which comhe
s;an0elh upon lLiff almost bike tbs
swimmer of q nsb 3D. cols aDd b.gnefss.
and beareih unaeiuesfh in ihe wafer,
strings. which save 30 from turning over.
'Od fish would Sem an spgfopr.ass
expression ia tie mouths g aIrh nav
gators What sorl G. ding - i.f cocle-
comb with stringsl They wuppga uF
what they saw a. quaint dark nuils ac3
their Imagination, operating 0n wilai taff
bebcid. set lie steemIng with maf se's
Or mark them sailing past q icadIrbI
AT this cape lieth great stone. 90 fhe
which the bafkes that psssto thereby were
wont 70 make offerings ~ huiiei nraif
and other Tlctuais fainsiug tLai un.est
they DID 80 their bari es uf other vetss|s
should there peri b. g. ii hath been d lsD-
times scene; and there ii Is very 1afse Hud
mistle Thus ihest toof gie fellows. crpsF
inr Themselves apa singing q iialy ihe
while propii.sfe the demon ~ fAc p's0e
with offerings q wei and drf stores. snd
you sce them ia fancy grogpfd 'n Doaf
upon the deck. watching vfh bowed hcaie
and Level. alarmed gaze u.E sgler st1
dismal locm oi fse coast slowly FecrfFs
away upon Use euaf.ef ~ ibonfA I.s
rugged f9r a9liea mass miFbf a. 49,
moment saap~ lt.sf nio ths f.ian' pi-
portions ~ ibe leDa ~ Cf tns cod sr3
barren land 10 tnesl early eYes sufl
monsters revealed themselves f1si ihe i.e
was never ieafd ef tcfort ~ sitpe ~
crew would come home $40 say taat ihc
bed met ~ilh a. svtfeofdinsry srima sbf'
hso q ho's Briy ssfd d lags head, fu
other iBsi hey hhG seen 3 similar won
F, Ger. 0u'v iB fbis case ii vas asiags body
with horns. . fhi-d. .ha' Cat CAS- iae 50
. iHine calm fafre errse osC 81 tif fil1
az saiEnsl tHsf had ihe beec end saaigt "a
q boar sn1 tlai spgred water ta1olEh q
tUuf - tBe top oi 81. bead
Those we're tbe 20 cfoh cars ~ fte frcr-
/ maid end tie fnefrsr lfrirfhsn tbfu
| sp0fied in twenty oiferfaf ierrioe sls,f
with mouth mos biSeousif eHrLfef.~i 81 ID
onadrupls VOWS ai fesl gaping .aosa.
wards the sea sefpert Ffsfpet lse 81
nine g.roe tlog. ~r fH.iI.or lefe4t Z
scalss. ssrnuse seHes eperea lei n
ferrous affeas ntats 90 stih fat.rra. p
s.sriighf sDa saape. ike fhe saere7Ts -
I ViuiOns uicTt upcr ne uisn
spectral ien,ternv were huuC ~ sIf
fsnds si fht sfHis sat of iue ress &
enc snd " iaeiI 3af FraVefers lie
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tpou fbs tDsaEl stsr|rU fees 81
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